{"id":811092,"date":"2026-07-19T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811092\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:24:12","slug":"conor-mcgregor-suffered-torn-acl-in-shortened-return-fight-against-max-holloway-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811092\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor suffered torn ACL in shortened return fight against Max Holloway \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Conor McGregor confirmed he suffered a torn right ACL in his shortened <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ufc-329-conor-mcgregor-max-holloway-mma-a7a3446abf143aaac32777d262612bb0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 329 fight<\/a> against Max Holloway.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor said he also suffered meniscus damage in the fight on July 11 that lasted 1:09, comparing it to an injury he suffered in the opposite leg against Holloway in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpdate: It was acl and meniscus,\u201d McGregor wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thenotoriousmma\/status\/2078861511767060918\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post on X<\/a> Sunday. \u201cIt is the same injury as the first Holloway fight, only this time the opposite leg. Quite shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor\u2019s return to the octagon for the first time in five years came to an abrupt end when he landed awkwardly trying to land a kick in the opening seconds against Holloway. The 38-year-old tried to continue, but the fight was called when he fell to the canvas twice more.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor had surgery last week and said he is walking without crutches. He is hopeful of returning to the octagon in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI returned to competition within 9 months to fight Diego Brandao back then,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWith today\u2019s regenerative medicine advancements and improved training methods it is well within my realm to return by next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MMA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mixed-martial-arts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mixed-martial-arts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Conor McGregor confirmed he suffered a torn right ACL in his shortened UFC 329&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,324659,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-811092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing-mma","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}